Sat, 4 Nov 2000, 06:18 PM DALLAS-2 - Comp Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 eliminations in Comp Eliminator at the 15th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
  21 Keith Mawhee        9.071 -0.469 Q    8 Doug Engels         7.568 -0.542
       G/A Index: 9.54                        D/ED Index: 8.11
   (B Haynes    ) 0.553  9.109 -0.431 E1   (C Stewart   ) 0.534  7.880 -0.230
   (G Wise      ) 0.548  9.113 -0.427 E2   (S Tidwell   ) 0.465  9.492  1.382
   (A Swindoll  ) 0.510  9.116 -0.424 E3   (A Martel    ) 0.584  8.110  0.000
 *****WINNER***** 0.538  9.155 -0.385 E4                  0.610 10.556  2.446

5:06 PM The last of the semifinals, so maybe we'll get this event in the books after all. Engels got out of the groove and wisely lifted, the little dragster very squirrely.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET--(+/-)-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---(+/-)
   7 Joe Shalkowski      8.476 -0.544 Q    3 Mike Saye           8.915 -0.625
      F/ED Index: 9.02                         G/A Index: 9.54
   (M Trumble   ) 0.555  8.552 -0.468 E1   (R Wise      ) 0.529  9.501 -0.039
   (J Linton    ) 0.582  8.625 -0.395 E2                  0.474  9.264 -0.276
   (D Rampy     ) 0.563  8.543 -0.477 E3   (P Carbery   ) 0.527  9.286 -0.254
                  0.653  8.563 -0.457 E4 *****WINNER***** 0.501  9.056 -0.484

Margin of victory = 0.179 seconds (approximately 40 feet).